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35 Of The Most Unexpectedly Funny Jokes Fitting In One Line, Shared In This Dedicated Online Community

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A long joke can be satisfying as it builds up the story, lets you imagine the situation, and gives you time to think about how you would act in it, but at the end you are presented with something completely unexpected and that is what makes you laugh.

But short jokes can be good because they often rely on the play on words or familiar situations that immediately cause, if not have, a big laugh but at least make you smile. There is actually a whole subreddit dedicated to one-liners and we collected the ones people found the funniest for you to enjoy.

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#1

35 Of The Most Unexpectedly Funny Jokes Fitting In One Line, Shared In This Dedicated Online Community “DO NOT TOUCH” must be one of the most terrifying things to read in braille.

SleepingBeetle , visualpun.ch Report

Final score:

220points

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The subreddit has a simple name - Oneliners and it was created quite a while back in 2009. Over the years, it has attracted 150k subscribers and people are still quite actively posting new jokes there.

In the description, the subreddit creator explains what is a one-liner: “A one-liner is a succinct, funny or witty remark. The joke should fit into one or two sentences.” It is not to be confused with a short joke: “Generally, if your joke would be more funny if it was written into more sentences, it's probably not a one-liner.” Although if the second sentence is a short sentence, it may be considered a one-liner.

#2

35 Of The Most Unexpectedly Funny Jokes Fitting In One Line, Shared In This Dedicated Online Community If your Tesla gets stolen, is it called an Edison now?

jweber96 , jm3 on Flickr Report

Final score:

205points

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#3

35 Of The Most Unexpectedly Funny Jokes Fitting In One Line, Shared In This Dedicated Online Community The adjective for metal is metallic, but not so for iron, which is ironic

honolulu_oahu_mod , Anders Sandberg Report

Final score:

188points

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#4

35 Of The Most Unexpectedly Funny Jokes Fitting In One Line, Shared In This Dedicated Online Community Why the hell did they name them 'Soldier ants' and not 'Combatants'?

VERBERD , Fractality Report

Final score:

176points

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Research conducted by Catherine Chauvin revealed that there are quite a few types of one-liners. She found that most of them were pun-based, when the author of the joke takes advantage of a word having more than one meaning.

Another big group of one-liners are set phrases. They are not funny by themselves and they are considered to be fixed but they can be modified when they are interpreted literally. An example the author of the article gives is, “It pains me to say it, but I have a sore throat.”

One-liners also rely on syntactic ambiguity, implicatures, and logical absurdities. They include riddles, pick-up phrases, and comebacks.

#5

35 Of The Most Unexpectedly Funny Jokes Fitting In One Line, Shared In This Dedicated Online Community Coughing has finally overtaken speaking Arabic as the most taboo thing to do in an airport.

SpecialSauceSal 2 , Rene Schwietzke Report

Final score:

170points

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#6

35 Of The Most Unexpectedly Funny Jokes Fitting In One Line, Shared In This Dedicated Online Community “There are no words in the English language that have all the vowels in alphabetical order,” he said facetiously.

FinalCaveat , Deb Stgo Report

Final score:

159points

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#7

35 Of The Most Unexpectedly Funny Jokes Fitting In One Line, Shared In This Dedicated Online Community I was gonna tell a time travelling joke but you guys didn't like it

Redditnahredtitgetit , Fabrice Florin Report

Final score:

145points

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Despite its simple structure, a one-liner is quite a complex form of humor because the brain has to work quite a bit to process it and to understand it. Often, the meaning of a one-liner is not obvious and is hidden in the layers of language itself and the situation described in a few words.

Richard L. Lewis explains that “when an incongruity is reached, the brain is ready to reanalyze utterances to find the problematic structure and reapply information to resolve the incongruity. In humor, this process results in the discovery of humor, and the parsing itself produces laughter.”

#8

35 Of The Most Unexpectedly Funny Jokes Fitting In One Line, Shared In This Dedicated Online Community An interviewer asked me how well i can perform under pressure; I said I’m much better at Bohemian Rhapsody.

sherry-monocles , Carl Lender Report

Final score:

140points

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#9

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dustyoboe , AndLikeThings Report

Final score:

128points

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#10

35 Of The Most Unexpectedly Funny Jokes Fitting In One Line, Shared In This Dedicated Online Community I think the Discovery Channel should be on a different channel everyday.

VERBERD , colinedwards99 Report

Final score:

113points

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Did these one-liners make you laugh? Which type of jokes do you personally enjoy the most? Have you found your new favorite one-line joke in this list? Let us know by upvoting your favorite ones and leave more funny short jokes in the comments!

#11

35 Of The Most Unexpectedly Funny Jokes Fitting In One Line, Shared In This Dedicated Online Community I named my eraser Confidence because it gets smaller after every mistake I make.

honolulu_oahu_mod , Inma Molina Report

Final score:

109points

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#12

35 Of The Most Unexpectedly Funny Jokes Fitting In One Line, Shared In This Dedicated Online Community Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the night, set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

Kamikaze_AZ22 , Thomas Widmann Report

Final score:

107points

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#13

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WhoElseButAlf , Glsysrp Report

Final score:

106points

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#14

35 Of The Most Unexpectedly Funny Jokes Fitting In One Line, Shared In This Dedicated Online Community Chameleons are supposed to blend well, but I think it's ruined this smoothie.

WhoElseButAlf , Mike Goddard Report

Final score:

98points

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#15

35 Of The Most Unexpectedly Funny Jokes Fitting In One Line, Shared In This Dedicated Online Community I really love playing chess with elderly people in the park but it’s just really hard to find thirty two of them willing to do it.

madazzahatter , franlhughes Report

Final score:

94points

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#16

35 Of The Most Unexpectedly Funny Jokes Fitting In One Line, Shared In This Dedicated Online Community If there's one thing that makes me throw up, it's a dart board on a ceiling.

madazzahatter , Michelle Cesare Report

Final score:

92points

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#17

35 Of The Most Unexpectedly Funny Jokes Fitting In One Line, Shared In This Dedicated Online Community My wife asked me to put ketchup on the shopping list that I was making and now, I can’t read anything.

madazzahatter , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

90points

#18

35 Of The Most Unexpectedly Funny Jokes Fitting In One Line, Shared In This Dedicated Online Community man addicted to drinking brake fluid claims he can stop anytime he wants

queensavior , Robert Couse-Baker Report

Final score:

88points

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#19

35 Of The Most Unexpectedly Funny Jokes Fitting In One Line, Shared In This Dedicated Online Community I asked Tom Hanks for his autograph, but all he wrote was thanks.

808gecko808 , Dick Thomas Johnson Report

Final score:

86points

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#20

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porichoygupto , Rick Kimpel Report

Final score:

83points

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#21

35 Of The Most Unexpectedly Funny Jokes Fitting In One Line, Shared In This Dedicated Online Community I tried to remarry my ex-wife but She figured out I was only after my money.

HugoZHackenbush2 , Keith Cooper Report

Final score:

77points

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#22

35 Of The Most Unexpectedly Funny Jokes Fitting In One Line, Shared In This Dedicated Online Community Why is it spelled “camouflage” and not

PartTimeCrazy , Tim Bartel Report

Final score:

68points

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#23

35 Of The Most Unexpectedly Funny Jokes Fitting In One Line, Shared In This Dedicated Online Community The word "misread" can be misread as "misread".

RageBanana21 , Quinn Dombrowski Report

Final score:

65points

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#24

35 Of The Most Unexpectedly Funny Jokes Fitting In One Line, Shared In This Dedicated Online Community It's quite ironic that "strap on", backwards, spells 'no parts'.

honolulu_oahu_mod , Chris W Report

Final score:

64points

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#25

35 Of The Most Unexpectedly Funny Jokes Fitting In One Line, Shared In This Dedicated Online Community Nothing tops a plain pizza.

jlaik , pelican Report

Final score:

63points

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#26

35 Of The Most Unexpectedly Funny Jokes Fitting In One Line, Shared In This Dedicated Online Community I accidentally bit the inside of my cheek and now it hurts like crazy every time I sit down.

VERBERD , lauren Report

Final score:

62points

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#27

35 Of The Most Unexpectedly Funny Jokes Fitting In One Line, Shared In This Dedicated Online Community My girlfriend confided in me she loves when I blow air on her when she's hot, but honestly, I’m not a fan.

madazzahatter , Guillaume Flament Report

Final score:

60points

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#28

35 Of The Most Unexpectedly Funny Jokes Fitting In One Line, Shared In This Dedicated Online Community Tequila won't fix your life but it's worth a shot.

Photog77 , Tiago Nicastro Report

Final score:

60points

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#29

35 Of The Most Unexpectedly Funny Jokes Fitting In One Line, Shared In This Dedicated Online Community Say what you want about waitresses but they bring a lot to the table

wastoo , Phuket@photographer.net Report

Final score:

60points

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#30

My current wife is never thrilled when I introduce her as my current wife

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Final score:

58points

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#31

35 Of The Most Unexpectedly Funny Jokes Fitting In One Line, Shared In This Dedicated Online Community I hate it when I'm texting, I get rudely interrupted by a cyclist bouncing off my windscreen.

VERBERD , rubel roy's photographyFollow Report

Final score:

50points

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#32

Mountains aren’t just funny, they’re hill areas.

madazzahatter Report

Final score:

49points

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#33

35 Of The Most Unexpectedly Funny Jokes Fitting In One Line, Shared In This Dedicated Online Community The thief who stole my iPhone could face time.

thewhiskey , Josh Hallett Report

Final score:

46points

#34

35 Of The Most Unexpectedly Funny Jokes Fitting In One Line, Shared In This Dedicated Online Community Today I went for a walk with a girl, she noticed me, so we went for a run.

VERBERD , João Sá Leão Report

Final score:

45points

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#35

I dropped my phone in the bath. It's syncing now.

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Final score:

45points

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#36

Mike Tyson is such a religious guy, he punches people in the faith.

Final score:

24points

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#37

35 Of The Most Unexpectedly Funny Jokes Fitting In One Line, Shared In This Dedicated Online Community Despite removing all the stains, I still lost my job as a Church window cleaner.

VERBERD , Hefin Owen Report

Final score:

18points

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#38

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E1fDonkey , midnightcomm Report

Final score:

7points

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Jurgita Dominauskaitė

Having started as a content creator that made articles for Bored Panda from scratch I climbed my way up to being and editor and then had team lead responsibilities added as well. So it was a pretty natural transition from writing articles and titles as well as preparing the visual part for the articles to making sure others are doing those same tasks as I did before well, answering their questions and guiding them when needed. Eventually I realized editing gives me the most enjoyment and I'm focusing only on that right now.

Having started as a content creator that made articles for Bored Panda from scratch I climbed my way up to being and editor and then had team lead responsibilities added as well. So it was a pretty natural transition from writing articles and titles as well as preparing the visual part for the articles to making sure others are doing those same tasks as I did before well, answering their questions and guiding them when needed. Eventually I realized editing gives me the most enjoyment and I'm focusing only on that right now.

Saulė Tolstych

Saulė is a photo editor at Bored Panda with bachelor's degree in Multimedia and Computer Design. The thing that relaxes her the best is going into YouTube rabbit hole. In her free time she loves painting, embroidering and taking walks in nature.

Saulė is a photo editor at Bored Panda with bachelor's degree in Multimedia and Computer Design. The thing that relaxes her the best is going into YouTube rabbit hole. In her free time she loves painting, embroidering and taking walks in nature.

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Jknbt 2 years ago

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4points

kathryn stretton 2 years ago

Am I being picky, or are these lame? I don't often make negative comments, but I stayed with it and it left me 'tired'. Time for bed methinks.

3points

Mika N 2 years ago

They were, but some made me laugh anyway! And/or partially because of the lameness perhaps?

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Šimon Špaček 2 years ago

Some were lame. That is what puns usually are.

3points

Ezigma 2 years ago

Most of them were like bad dad jokes lol.

0points

LadyDez 2 years ago

These give me Mitch Hedburg vibes

1point

Sue-Ann Eastman 2 years ago

Same!

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Jknbt 2 years ago

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4points

kathryn stretton 2 years ago

Am I being picky, or are these lame? I don't often make negative comments, but I stayed with it and it left me 'tired'. Time for bed methinks.

3points

Mika N 2 years ago

They were, but some made me laugh anyway! And/or partially because of the lameness perhaps?

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Šimon Špaček 2 years ago

Some were lame. That is what puns usually are.

3points

Ezigma 2 years ago

Most of them were like bad dad jokes lol.

0points

LadyDez 2 years ago

These give me Mitch Hedburg vibes

1point

Sue-Ann Eastman 2 years ago

Same!

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